Route 23 ramp to Route 422 to open Sept. 14

The ramp from Route 23 to eastbound Route 422 near is scheduled to reopen beginning this week.

The ramp will be opening sometime Thursday afternoon, Sept. 14, following a two-month closure for construction related to a project to build new, wider bridges to improve travel and carry Route 422 motorists over the Schuylkill River, Norfolk Southern Railroad, South Trooper Road and Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton, Upper Merion and Lower Providence townships, PennDOT announced Monday.

In addition to the ramp reopening, a traffic shift is planned for eastbound and westbound Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) motorists traveling over Route 422 between Gulph Road and Moore Road. Sometime Thursday afternoon, September 14, traffic will be shifted to the newly built half of the Route 23 bridge over Route 422 so crews can start construction on the other half of the structure.

This work is part of a major project to improve Route 422 between the Route 23 and Route 363 (Trooper Road) interchanges; upgrade Route 23 at its interchange with Route 422; and improve ramps at the Route 363, Route 23 and First Avenue interchanges. Construction began in February 2016 and is scheduled to finish in May 2020.

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J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on the project the $97.4 million project that is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state funds.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

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